Chennai Fashion Week-Days 2,3and 4

Hooded tops, shift dresses, tunics, aubergines, blacks and cinnamons- Sanchita Ajjampur’s collection on day 2 was breathtaking. Totally waiting for the designer to get back from Paris to get some interesting fashion bytes. Rehane’s ‘Looks like love’ was very ‘Rehane’. A romantic and whimsical collection that was totally wearable, but wouldn’t we all love to see more of ‘Space Age Sundari’ instead? Got to have a word with choreographer Sunil Menon during the show and he remarked how he would have loved to have seen a more Chennai oriented team behind the event though he definitely was excited about the city witnessing its first international fashion week. His thoughts were shared by Jewellery Designer and Stylist Ratika Kaul Haksar (spotted during the earlier part of the day in a stunning blue number), who mentioned how she would have liked to have had Designer Chaitanya Rao showing at the event. Micro shorts, ruffled blouses and skinny pants in white, white and more white. A monochrome colour palette, but Revathy, Radhika and Rays’opening collection for Day 3 was anything but monotonous. Hopefully we will get to see a lot more of this very young designer trio and their very uber cool clothes. Satkrit’s ‘Kanchipuram’ was understated and elegant. Vikram Phadnis’s line was sheer opulence. Something that Day 3 could definitely have done without is the Reebok Easy tone show that left most of the audience squirming. On Day 4 Nishka Lulla’s line was everything that was expected- youthful, kitschy and vibrant. I am still wondering why we did not get to see more of Louie Mariette’s bejeweled head pieces. Something that everybody seemed to be looking forward to after having caught glimpses of the man, his muse and one or two of the totally attention demanding head pieces at the Kingfisher Lounge. Looking forward to the grand finale today by Neeta Lulla.